New Delhi: A total of 6,869 people have been cured of coronavirus in India so far, taking the recovery rate to 23.3 per cent, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday.
A total of 1,543 new cases of coronavirus have been identified, which take the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 29,435, said Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry, here on Tuesday.
On Monday, the ministry had put the recovery rate from COVID-19 at 22.17 per cent.
With 1543 new cases in the last 24 hours, the total COVID19 positive cases in the country are now 29,435. 684 patients have been found cured, in the last 24 hours; our recovery rate is now 23.3%. This is a progressive increase in recovery rate:Lav Agrawal,Jt Secy,Health Ministry pic.twitter.com/V3dc1c4S9f
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Addressing a press conference here, Agarwal said: “With 1,543 new cases, there are 29,435 positive cases in India till now. So far, 6,869 people have recovered including 684 people who recovered yesterday. This takes our recovery rate to 23.3 per cent. This is a progressive increase in the recovery rate.”
Until ICMR concludes its study & a robust scientific proof is available, Plasma therapy should be used only for research or trial purpose. If plasma therapy is not used in proper manner under proper guideline then it can also cause life threatening complications: Lav Aggarwal,MHA https://t.co/zz9nBRRztg
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Agarwal said that in the last 28 days, 17 districts have had no new case. “This means we need to maintain constant vigil,” he added. (ANI)
